Tra từ lange - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 varieties of language
2 systems of language
3 using and studying languages
communicating your meaning in language SAY
spoken language SPEAK, CONVERSATION
written language WRITE

1 varieties of language
- the system of spoken or written signs that enables people to communicate: language (noun U)
What distinguishes human language from animal communication systems? ◎ the spoken/written language
- a particular system of spoken or written signs understood by a group of people: language
How many languages do you speak? ◎ to learn a language
- connected with language: linguistic; the study of language: linguistics (noun U)
linguistic abilities/skills ◎ linguistic minorities
- a form of a language that is spoken by people from a particular region: dialect (noun C/U)
the Yorkshire dialect ◎ a poem written in dialect
- a variety of a language that people generally accept as normal and correct: standard language (noun C/U)
- the language that you learn to speak first: mother tongue, first language
- a language that belongs to a country that is not your own: foreign language
- a language that is used in your country but is not your first language: second language
- a language that is used by deaf people, and consists of movements of the body, especially the hand: sign language (noun C/U)
- the way in which people from a particular region pronounce the words in their language: accent
He has such a strong accent; I can hardly understand what he's saying! ◎ to speak with an American accent
- a way of using language which is suitable to a particular situation or purpose: style (noun C/U); relating to style: stylistic (adverb stylistically)
a book written in a comic style ◎ a poetic style of language
- used in writing and in serious situations: formal
Your letter to the bank manager needs to be more formal than that.
- used in speaking and in ordinary everyday situations: informal, colloquial
a colloquial expression
- used in poetry and similar written language: literary
- used to speak or write in an expert way about how things work or are made: technical
the technical language used in a computer magazine
- very informal words, often used by a particular group: slang (noun U)
'The nick' is slang for police station. ◎ a slang expression
- language that is rude and unpleasant: bad language (noun U)
to use bad language
- to use rude and unpleasant language: swear
Don't swear in front of your grandmother!
- a rude and unpleasant word: swear word
- a rude word which refers to sex: four-letter word, obscenity
When I arrived he was standing in the middle of the road shouting obscenities at the other driver.

2 systems of language
- the way in which sounds are made in a language: pronunciation (noun C/U)
I can write French quite well, but I find the pronunciation difficult.
- the way that your voice rises and falls when you speak: intonation (noun U)
※ more on pronunciation SPEAK
- a written or printed sign that represents a sound and which forms a word or part of a word: letter
- to say or write the letters of a word: spell (sth)
※ the sounds and spelling of words WORD, LETTER
- the way in which words, sentences, etc are formed and used in a language: grammar (noun U); adjective: grammatical
English grammar ◎ a grammar book ◎ grammatical mistakes
※ more on grammar GRAMMAR
- the marks that you use to divide up sentences and show meaning in writing: punctuation (noun U)
- one of the signs which you use to divide up sentences or to show meaning in writing: punctuation mark
※ more on punctuation PUNCTUATION
- a sound or letter, or a group of sounds or letters, with a particular meaning: word
- a number of words that go together to express a particular meaning (for example 'as a matter of fact', 'with all due respect', 'blue with cold'): expression
- an expression with a meaning that you cannot guess from the meanings of the individual words: idiom
The idiom 'to go up the wall' means to become extremely angry.
- a phrase that people say in order to give advice: saying
'Don't put all your eggs in one basket' is a saying which means 'Don't depend too much on one thing, because if you lose it, you'll lose everything'.
- a phrase or idea which has been used so often that it has lost its meaning or interest: clichÃ©
Do you believe the old clichÃ© that travel broadens the mind?
※ more on words and expressions WORD
- the relationship between a word, phrase, sentence, etc and the thing or idea it represents: meaning (noun U/C)
- the words that come before or after a word, sentence, etc and that help you to understand its meaning; the situation in which a word is used: context (noun C/U)
This sentence doesn't make sense unless you look at the context. ◎ Some words have different meanings depending on the context.
※ more on meaning MEANING

3 using and studying languages
- to be able to use a particular language: speak* a language
Does she speak German?
- able to speak two languages equally well: bilingual
a bilingual secretary
- able to speak or write a language well: fluent (in sth) (adverb fluently)
She's fluent in Italian. ◎ He speaks Russian fluently.
- to use a particular language on a certain occasion: talk/speak* (in) a language
They were talking in Chinese so I didn't understand them. ◎ Let's speak French.
- to change what sb has said or written into another language: translate (sth) (from sth) (into sth); noun (C/U): translation
Could you help me translate this letter into Italian please? ◎ I've got to do this translation for my class on Thursday.
- a person who translates: translator
- a person who translates what sb says into another language: interpreter
- a book that contains lists of words and their meanings or words with the same or similar meaning in another language: dictionary
I'll look it up in the dictionary.
- a book of useful expressions that you may need to use when you go to a foreign country, with translations into another language and help with pronunciation: phrase book
- a book written about the grammar of a language: grammar
- a person who studies languages or who is able to speak several languages: linguist
- the study of the science of languages: linguistics (noun U)